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LOCATION:Brunner Theatre Center
DESCRIPTION:OperX Ensemble&nbsp\;is joined by the Augustana Chamber Orchestra&nbsp\;and the Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble in a performance of "Brundibár\," a children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása.&nbsp\;\n\nPerformances will be November 16 at 7:30 p.m.\, and November 17 at 2 p.m. and&nbsp\;7:30 p.m.\n\n• Program\n\n"Brundibár" was written in 1938 but was not performed until 1942 when it premiered at the Vinohrady Jewish Boy’s Orphanage in the Prague ghetto.&nbsp\;\n\nKrása had already been sent to the Terezín concentration camp where he was the musical director of the Freizeitgestaltung\, a group of prisoners tasked with organizing cultural activities for the camp.&nbsp\;\n\nWhen the conductor of the original Prague production was sent to Terezín himself\, he smuggled in a piano score to "Brundibár." From this and his own memory\, Krása reconstructed the opera\, taking into account the performing forces available to him in the camp.&nbsp\;\n\nBeginning with a performance on July 23\, 1943\, "Brundibár" was performed 55 times in the Terezín camp over the course of the next year and a performance was central to an International Red Cross visit to the camp in June 1944\, during which the visiting delegation was deceptively shown a healthy and happy Jewish population.&nbsp\;\n\nAs the war was nearing its close\, Krása was taken on a transport that left Terezín on Oct. 16\, 1944\, and he was killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz&nbsp\;two days later.\n
URL;VALUE=URI:https://augustana.edu/about-us/events/2018/opera-songs-survival-1
SUMMARY:Opera: Songs of Survival
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